TUKWILA — If there is a notable Seattle sports signing in the spring, Starfire Sports isn’t usually where the press conference is. That time of the year is generally reserved for the Seahawks when it comes to inking deals.
But this week, it was a pair of soon-to-be Sounders who were the transaction talk of the town. A championship-caliber team just got better — but more importantly, deeper.
Just before the passing of the primary transfer window deadline, Seattle signed center back Xavier Arreaga and left back Joevin Jones. Arreaga comes to the Sounders as a designated player via Barcelona SC of Ecuador, where he spent four seasons.